babe in the woods

Idioms and Phrases

An innocent or very naive person who is apt to be duped or victimized, as in She was a babe in the woods where the stock market was concerned . The term originated in a popular ballad of 1595, “The Children in the Wood,” about two young orphans who are abandoned in a forest and die.

Example Sentences

There will be something doing around your heart, Miss Babe-in-the-Woods, in a very few minutes.

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